A68831:1576
The whole works of W. Tyndall, John Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs,…The vvhole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs,…
The whole works of W. Tyndall, John Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs, and principal teachers of this Church of England collected and compiled in one tome together, being before scattered, [and] now in print here exhibited to the Church. To the praise of God, and profit of all good Christian readers.The vvhole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs, and principall teachers of this Churche of England collected and compiled in one tome togither, beyng before scattered, [and] now in print here exhibited to the Church. To the prayse of God, and profite of all good Christian readers.
London: printed by John Daye, 1573London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1573
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
¶ Whence Idolatry or image service springeth.
¶ Whence Idolatrie or image seruice spryngeth.
Now that thou mayst see whence all this Idolatry or image service is sprung, mark a little, and then I will answer unto the Arguments which these Image servers make against the open truth. All the ceremonies ornaments and sacrifices of the old Testament were Sacraments. 1That is to wit, signs preaching unto the people one thing or an other. As 2circumcision preached unto them, that God had chosen them to be his people, and that he would be their God & defend them and increase and multiply them and keep them in that land and 3bless the fruits of the earth & all their possessions. And on the other side it preached, how that they had promised God again to keep his commandments, ceremonies and ordinances. Now when they saw their young children circumcised, if they consented unto the appointment made between God and them, moved by the preaching of that same, then were they justified thereby. Howbeit the deed in it self, the cutting of of yt foreskin of the man child's 4privy member justified them not, nor was a satisfaction for the child's sins, but the preaching only did justify them that received the faith thereof. For it was a badge given indifferently aswell unto them that never consented in their hearts unto Gods law, as unto the elect in whose hearts the law was written. And that this was the meaning of Circumcision may be proved many ways: But namely by Paul